"La Muixeranga", is known in Catalonia as a "dance of Valencians", and it is, for a lot of experts, the predecessor of the human castles (a catalan tradition).

It is not so much a dance, as a scene, a frame which begins and is added to until a tower (castle) of people is raised, which is completed when a child stands on the top.

The music is simple and emotional, with a strong rythm which serves as a guide when constructing the towers. Joan Fuster (a renowned Catalan writer and philosopher), claims it as a national enduring anthem for the entire country.

View the musical score in your web browser and download to your computer (directly printable in DIN A4 size):
1. Click the link: muixeranga.jpg
2. In the new window, click the "Save as..." option in the "File" menu (110 kb):

Download "La Muixeranga" in MP3 format (2.38 Mb):
· muixeranga.mp3